Lebedev, who under Admiral A. V. Koltchak was in command of the general headquarters. He was a young but energetic General who, in Addition, occupied the post of Minister for War in the Omsk government. He played a prominent part in the underground officers' organizations that existed in St. Petersburg and Moscow in the years 1917 and 1918, just after the outbreak of the Soviet Tevolution. Later he managed to get through to Gen. Denikin in the South of and after that to Admiral Kelt in Omsk. He continued to be active in Vladivostok, and in 1922 evacuated to Shanghai, where he also did much work im emigration. The late General Lebedev died in Shanghai, 10 years ago, but his memory is still fresh.
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